#we're getting further and further away from any authentic tie to aurora

[theprincessaurora]

I’m reading an article about the Disney Princess Toddler line, and evidently, Glen Keane was the one who designed Aurora’s baby doll! One of the influences was some of the original merchandise from the toy company Gong Bell, which manufactured a toy doll cradle made from particle board and paper appliques, which featured artwork of an adorable, wide-eyed child version of Aurora surrounded by forest animals, as did a Gong Bell puzzle. 

That young Aurora, who was originally meant to appear in the film, also showed up in a comic book series published by Gold Key. But the kicker? Glen agreed to design her, instead of Cinderella (who Mark Henn took over due to his friendship with Eric Larson), because of his connection with Aurora’s designer and animator.

"But given that I knew Marc Davis- the Disney Legend that had originally created Princess Aurora- and I knew the way that he drew...well, I thought that I could handle translating that character into a toddler. Take the stylization of her hair that Marc had come up with for this character and then make that work for a doll.”